InTeGrate is Pleased to Announce the Publication of a New Teaching Module: Cli-Fi: Climate Science in Literary Texts

published Apr 21, 2016 12:00am

Introducing Cli-Fi: Climate Science in Literary Texts, a new teaching module that addresses both aspects of climate literacy: understanding of climate science through data analysis and interpretation, and understanding of literary tools and techniques through which climate science is portrayed. The module is designed to be completed in introductory natural science classes where literature is not typically included as well as in humanities classes where climate change science is not normally addressed. Students will engage in activities that address both climate change science and climate change literature, including graphing data, working in groups to analyze and interpret data, creating a concept map, conducting rhetorical analyses, and writing and responding to a blog.

Developed by Jennifer Hanselman, Westfield State University; Rick Oches, Bentley University; Jennifer Sliko, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg; and Laura Wright, Western Carolina University this two to three-week teaching module is a great fit for courses in environmental science, literature, science communication, climate science, and environmental studies.


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